Author identified as Gerard Leigh at head of preface, A2r. A second preface is by Richard Argol, A4r-A5v

First published 1562 by R. Tottill under title: The accedens of armory. See STC

Title on t.p. printed within allegorical border, which is explained A6r-A7r. Numerous in-text woodcut ill. and coats of arms. Head- and tail-pieces composed of printer's ornaments. Two factotum initials on A2r and A4r (Salome), foliated initial on A8r

Signatures: A-S⁸

Includes index, S7r/v

STC (2nd ed.)

Binding: old limp vellum. Title and date written on spine. Remains of two pairs of ties at foredge. Back pastedown is paper MS waste, written in English

On front pastedown the shelf mark AA.num.5 has been crossed out in favor of X num 23. On front free endpaper recto are several inscriptions and a shield with crest. Marginal annotation, P7r

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